Shoe-fastener



C. D. OCONNOR.

SHOE FASTENER.

APPLICATION'FILED SEPT- 14. I918.

1,325,409. Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

an 06 3 MANML'OL wi/bmm CHRISTOPHER D. OCQNNOR, OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS.

SHOE-FASTENER.

Specification otLetters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

Application filed September 14, 1918. Serial No. 254,059.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER D. OCoNNoR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Shoe-Fastener, of which the following i a specification.

The subject of this invention is a shoe fastener.

The main object of the invention is the provision of a fastener which will take the place of hooks or eyelets.

Another object of the invention is the pro vision of a fastener which will permit a shoe to be quickly laced.

The invention also contemplates generally improving the construction and enhancing the utility of fasteners.

IVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and, arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical structure for carrying out the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure l is a fragmentary new in front elevation of a shoe with a fastener constructed in accordance with the invention in place thereon;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a different arrangement of the fastener;

Fig. 3 is a view in rear elevation'of the fastener;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference A fragment of the front portion of the upper of a shoe is indicated at 1, and a lace 2 is passed through the eyelets 3 in the usual manner for the purpose of drawing the edges of the upper 1 together.

The fasteners 4 are secured along the meeting edges of the uppers 1 by means of stitching 5, or otherwise. The remote edges of these fasteners 4 are curved slightly and undercut, as at 6, to provide the overhang ing flange 7 beneath which the lace 2 may be drawn.

As will be seen, the fasteners are arranged in pairs, and are of considerable eXtent, so that two pairs of fasteners will Y is held together by bringing the laces about the fasteners 4, beneath the flanges 7, and then tying the laces above the fasteners as shown.

IVith the arrangement of fasteners shown in Fig. 2, the laces 2 are drawn about the fasteners a, beneath the flanges 7, and then crossed between the opposed ends of. the pairs of fasteners, and drawn about the per fasteners L, and then tied above the fasteners, as shown.

This draws the members of each pair of fasteners together and so holds the meeting edges of the uppers of the shoes closely together.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and sought by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the opening of a shoe upper, elongated strips secured to the upper and'having straight inner edges alining with the edges of the opening and having curved outer edges undercut to form an overlying edge, and a lace engaging the undercut of said strips and retained by said overlying edge,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses. CHRISTOPHER D. OCONNOR. Witnesses: I

ROBERT W. HALL, ARNOLD M. LEDiiRnR.

and SO EISSIITB ease 

